College football prediction: No. 20 Cincinnati seeks win at UCF

Cincinnati's football team is 6-1 and ranked No. 19 in the AP and coaches polls. The team has won six straight games since losing its season opener at Arkansas. Luke Fickell's team needs to improve its consistency if it wants to win at Central Florida on Saturday. The Bearcats commit an average of 9.57 penalties per game (67 penalties through seven games). They are tied with Syracuse for the most in FBS.

Cincinnati committed a season-high 14 penalties for 127 yards at SMU last week. Fickell has said he doesn't mind aggressive penalties, only the "stupid" ones.

Cincinnati beat SMU 29-27 in Dallas last week. Punter Mason Fletcher and kicker Ryan Coe were big reasons why Cincinnati won. Coo kicked a school-record five field goals on six attempts. Fletcher kicked an 84-yard punt in the first quarter.

Cincinnati is looking for a win at UCF. John Rhys Plumlee has the dual-threat ability to take over a game. East Carolina defeated UCf last week because the Pirates capitalized on Plumlees mistakes.

Cincinnati Bearcats football team plays UCF Knights at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida at 3:30 on Saturday. Mark Jones, Robert Griffin III and Quint Kessenich will have the play-by-play on ESPN. Dan Hoard, Jim Kelly Jr. and Mo Egger will call the UC radio network call on WLW-AM (700), Sirius 99 or 204 and SXM App 967.

No. 20 Cincinnati seeks win at UCF. UCf was a 1.5-point favorite 24 hours before kickoff.

Cincinnati owns a 4-3 lead in the all-time series against UCF. Cincinnati has won three straight games against the Knights.

Cincinnati Bearcats are looking for their 20th straight AAC victory at UCF. The difference between Cincinnati and UCf last time was a field goal.